Pres. Duterte Plans to Open "Malacanang" to the Poor

The incoming president of the Republic of the Philippines Mayor Rody Duterte plans to open the official residence of the country's chief executive, the Malacanang Palace to ordinary and poor people so that they will learn about the government.

According to the 71-year-old Mayor of Davao City who will assumed his office as President of the Philippines this coming June 30, he would would open Malacañang not only to tourists who visit the existing museum but most especially to small school children as an educational trip destination.

The Malacañang is the official residence and workplace of the President of the Republic of the Philippines. Under his administration, Mayor Rody Duterte would like to open the presidential palace to the poor so that they will get to know more about past Presidents of the country.

In effect, this would make the people a part of their government. The former Davao City Mayor stressed that the Malacanang complex is too big for him and said that he only need a small office where he can work.

Mayor Duterte also prefers to hold office in Davao City, his official residence and he also said that he prefers to hold office in his city and stay there most of the time.

During the campaign period, one of Mayor Duterte's supporter and close friend, Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy of the religious group Kingdom of Jesus Christ, promised to Mayor Duterte that he will lend his private jet and helicopter to Mayor Duterte if the mayor needed immediate transportation.

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